Birthday Tattoos

@RiotDemon Ask not what someone can do for Meh, ask what YOU can do for Meh.

@Jasongb Only 1 per person.

@ChadP @Jasongb per person, so we can tattoo our kids?

@ChadP @Jasongb @OnionSoup

Can we get extra irks if we tattoo our grandparents with or without their consent?

@ChadP @f00l @Jasongb that might be a challenge for me… Can I tattoo a random old person instead?

@ChadP @Jasongb @OnionSoup

I probably face a similar challenge as you do regarding tattooing my real grandparents

I was thinking of kidnapping some people, tattooing them, and forcing them to work as imposter grandparents

@ChadP It the IRKs get a name change, will they still be free? I need to know this if I am going to sacrifice my body.

@Barney @ChadP Yeah, this is the only reason I’m thinking of getting my first tattoo.

@Barney @ChadP @sammydog01 I too would like this information, maybe I’ll get a Glen tat

@Barney @ChadP @MrMikenIkes @sammydog01 I also would like to know… Seems that the IRK has been around for at least as long a the Fukubukuro and Fukobukuro were. At least I seem to have a lot more IRK bags in my collection than Fuku/Fuko bags.

If they become Moderately Entertaining Heaps (MEHs) or similar, will this offer still apply?

@Barney I think we started this before they were IRKs, so let’s go with, until we decide to stop (CYA), yes, if it changes name you still get one.

@Barney but the reason you only have until Aug 1st is Meh is announcing they are closing down Aug 2nd and this is their last troll before closing…

@Barney @OnionSoup Worse than that! They’re going to be “acquired” by Amazon again!

@ChadP @f00l @Jasongb @OnionSoup

Can we get extra irks if we tattoo our grandparents with or without their consent?

How soundly do they nap?

@Barney @ciabelle @OnionSoup Anyone for an Amazon tattoo?

@Barney @blaineg @ciabelle @OnionSoup

Re amazon tattoo

”Let’s not, and say we did.”

@Barney @blaineg @ciabelle @f00l @OnionSoup A meh sharpie is probably good enough to use for an amazon tattoo.

@OnionSoup

@OnionSoup

@studerc nah. I’ll go rogue and still give them out if that happens.

@ChadP @studerc what happened to CYA if they decide to stop giving them away free? Hell of a qualifier. Although I suppose you could just ship litteral garbage and still meet the irk criteria.

You’re out some postage though

@sammydog01 Depends if you have to buy him/her dinner first.

@sammydog01 most tattoo shops have a $50 minimum.

@RiotDemon I could swing that. Do you tip?

@sammydog01 usually 15-20%. Sometimes more, sometimes less, just like at a restaurant.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Do they take credit cards?

@Barney @sammydog01 if they are reputable, usually.

@Barney @sammydog01 are you guys getting a matching tattoo?

@RiotDemon It all depends if she can come up with the dowry that I’m asking.

Actually, she has one thing in mind, I have another. Maybe.

@Barney @RiotDemon I might just double dog dare her.

@Barney @sammydog01 one of you can get Glen, the other, Irk.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 We both hate dislike Glen.

@Barney @sammydog01 but he has the most beautiful smile.

@Barney @RiotDemon So say someone middle aged carrying a few extra pounds wanted to get their first tattoo. Where would you recommend putting it, somewhere it wouldn’t embarrass their relatives? What would be the smallest size that would be doable?

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 I AM NOT CARRYING EXTRA POUNDS AND I’M WAY PAST MIDDLE AGE!

@Barney @sammydog01 there’s a lot of different factors in play. Depends a lot on your artist and how detailed of a tattoo you want. Really tiny tattoos tend to blur after time. There’s a reason some tattoos have super heavy outlines.

Ankles are easy to hide, so are wrists with chunky/wide bracelets. You could always get your boob tattooed.

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01

/giphy Barney Stinson speaks

@RiotDemon Do you think the citizens of Mehville would enjoy seeing @sammydog01’s tattooed boob?

@Barney @sammydog01 some would, I’m sure.

@RiotDemon Yep, they would.

@Barney @RiotDemon I should have added some place that doesn’t hurt.

@Barney @sammydog01

/giphy haha

They all hurt, to a point. Depends on the person.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 SHIT!

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 how about getting your eyeballs tattooed. Fairly unique, if you gain or lose weight it won’t distort and easy to hide with sunglasses. Plus eyes heal fast… Assuming you don’t accidentally get blinded.

/giphy eye tattoo

@OnionSoup @RiotDemon @sammydog01 Maybe after my cataract surgery.

@Barney @OnionSoup @sammydog01 nooooooooooooo.

/youtube eyeball tattoo

@OnionSoup @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I AM NOT GOING TO WATCH THAT! DO I LOOK CRAZY?

@Barney @OnionSoup @sammydog01 yes?!

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 speaking of cataract surgery, did you know that when they remove the old lens, before they put in the new one you can see ultra Violet. Our eye’s lens is what blocks us from seeing UV.

Monet had a cataract removed in one eye, which is why a lot of his later paintings actually look blue-y to us. He painted them as he saw them with his ability to see UV light.

@sammydog01

Where would you recommend putting it, somewhere it wouldn’t embarrass their relatives?

Lower hip. Unless you’re in the habit of wearing very low-rise or extremely high rise shorts/skirts/slacks/etc, nobody is gonna see it unless you show it to them.

@ruouttaurmind @sammydog01
Both my tattoos are on my back bc I can cover them up with a shirt. Places like the back of the arm (that kind of sensitive skin) and bone are gonna hurt more than other areas but it does differ from person to person. Do a scratch test with a needle to see if it’s gonna be a sensitive spot. Get it on your ass cheek if you don’t want anybody to see it.

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I mean. Any boob is hard to say no to but let’s not go there.

Never had a tattoo but one of my ankles is already badly scared from snapping a bone in it and shattering the fibia and required screws. Hard to mess up if you already have a damaged area.

I kind of like the inside if the wrist in theory cause then you can just give someone the hand but that’s right over tendons. That would probably hurt a lot

@Barney @sammydog01 @unksol I haven’t done my wrist yet but I can tell you that the outside of my ankle over the tendons hurt pretty good. Honestly, my whole calf was fairly painful. The back of it was worse than the side, except the ankle. The top of the calf below my knee was super tender. My upper arm by comparison was a breeze. It only got tender after I’d been there for hours. It was mostly tender on the edges of my deltoid. Don’t know why right there.

@Barney @sammydog01 @unksol oh, and tattooing over scars is hard. Scar tissue acts different than regular skin.

@ruouttaurmind

“Lower hip.“

Does that mean ass? I’m thinking about just above my ass. Stretch marks are a bitch. Damn kids.

@Barney @RiotDemon I’m thinking about a tiny irk or flask on my lower back to the side. I found a tiny stretch mark and cellulite free patch there. It probably a bad place for something small but it’s just for me.

@Barney @sammydog01 if it makes you happy, then it’s good.

I would think lower hip would be the front of the pelvis.

@sammydog01 Lower hip to me meant roughly here:

But could also mean here:

Either spot is really only gonna show when you want it to.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 are there any other costs involved in getting a tattoo?

Don’t you need to do some after care when fresh? Do you just use hydrogen peroxide to clean them the first few weeks, or is something else more expensive involved. Is it weird for a man to get a tattoo on the side of his hip.

I never really seriously considered tattoo’s before, but something this silly and to get free IRKs, I might be getting more tempted.

I’ve always thought it would be fun, if I did get a tattoo to get one with a portion of the ink only visible with a blacklight.

So, looks like Glen in regular light… Demonic Glen under blacklight.

@ruouttaurmind You don’t want to see a photo of a tattoo in either of those places on me.

@OnionSoup @RiotDemon Tattoos should be the new VMP.

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 re pain. Found this:

Looks like you should avoid getting a full face tattoo involving Glen, Irk, and the meh logo if you want to avoid pain.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 give members with tattoos a needle icon in the forum.

If getting a tattoo came with free VMP membership I’d be even more tempted. Originally wrote “definitely” but… I wouldn’t definitely.

My parents have a weird thing about tattoos and would probably disown me if I got one and they found out. Personally, never had a problem with them just never wanted one for myself.

@OnionSoup @RiotDemon @sammydog01

If they don’t see you all nekkid (hope not), you could prob do this.

If they do find out: just explain that you accidentally took too many pain pills and drank a little whisky once, and well …

You’ve learned your lesson now. Right?

/giphy all nekkid

@f00l @RiotDemon @sammydog01 that means we have to stop naked brunch on Sundays then.

/Kidding… Yeah, I think it’s been a long time since my parents saw me naked.

Do you live with your parents @OnionSoup? @sammydog01 @Barney

As for tattoo aftercare, everyone will suggest something different. My latest tattoo I got a saniderm covering that I wore for a few days, then mild soaps. Then I used CeraVe lotion. It should be fragrance free. If you don’t get a dermal covering you usually go to something like aquaphor for the first day or two (ask your artist)

I would personally never get a big tattoo without the saniderm covering, but a small tattoo should be fine.

Under no circumstance should you ever clean your tattoo with hydrogen peroxide or anything like that. You basically barely touch it, keep it clean, and only slightly moist. You do not use saran wrap unless it’s only for a few minutes. DON’T PICK THE SCABS!

@Barney @OnionSoup @sammydog01

Also, the pain chart. Not everyone is the same. It’s a decent guideline.

If the tattoo is smaller than your palm, you’ll survive.

@RiotDemon SCABS? Oh, no!

@Barney when I had the saniderm, I didn’t really scab. Most of it peeled off with the sheet.

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 Goodness no. Haven’t lived at parents home since I was 17 (except for summers until I graduated uni). Hardly ever see them anymore either… I don’t know why it still matters…

@Barney @OnionSoup @sammydog01
Then I’m sure you’ll be fine if they disown you for a tattoo.

@OnionSoup @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I do know what my mother would say if she were still alive.

@Barney @OnionSoup @sammydog01 my mom fell to the ground and cried when she finally saw my first tattoo.

@RiotDemon Ouch. I hope she finally came to accept them.

@OnionSoup You are a walking encyclopedia!

@Barney she did. I felt bad at the beginning. My brother already had a giant tattoo across his back of a grim reaper in a graveyard with a bunch of skeletons. She cried over his too. I don’t know what she expected, I was in my twenties at the time.

@Barney @RiotDemon So back to the nuts and bolts. Can they do it in purple? Or are colors just for fill? I would like a simple outline.

Plus I just was you can do a gray tattoo that won’t stand out as much. IRK IS GRAY!

@sammydog01 hmmmm… The Irk sticker I was sent, he looks lavender. Black outlines help the tattoo look more vibrant over the years. I suppose you could do it in purple?

If you look up watercolor tattoos, they don’t usually have too much black.

/image watercolor tattoo cat

@sammydog01 better example.

@sammydog01 no outline:

@sammydog01 purple outline:

@RiotDemon The IRK puppet looks gray to me. I do like the purple outline. Thank you.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 IRK IS NOT GRAY!

/youtube You were wrong!

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 There will never be a gray Irk on my body!

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I feel like Irk is a greyish purple

@Barney @RiotDemon That totally looks gray in my screens.

@Barney @RiotDemon @tinamarie1974

@ChadP You’ve met Irk in person, right? How would you describe his color? Gray or purple?

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Why would they send us a sticker with Irk wearing a purple shirt if he really wears a gray one. Huh? Huh? Huh?

You either need your screen or your eyeballs adjusted.

@Barney @RiotDemon Sure his shirt is purple, I’m talking about his skin tone. Or fur color. Whatever.

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I just downloaded the Sherwin williams color match app. Based on the spot on his face I match there are a few different answers.

Vesper Violet
Dusty Heather
Wisteria
Ash Violet
Gentle Grape

Anyway thought it might help

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974
PURPLES!

@RiotDemon @sammydog01

Sure his shirt is purple, I’m talking about his skin tone. Or fur color. Whatever.

Now you tell us! Or was I the only one?

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 funny, but I’m color blind. I would say purple but with some grey in it.

@Barney @ChadP @RiotDemon @sammydog01 that is what I thought!!!

@Barney @ChadP @RiotDemon @tinamarie1974 My husband is color blind and he couldn’t tell purple from blue to save his life.

Does he look purple in this one?
https://meh.com/forum/topics/auld-lang-syne-in-mad-ape-den-four-years-ago---

(It’s academic at this point since I’m thinking about a flask instead.)

@Barney @ChadP @RiotDemon @sammydog01 grey…I KNOW he is a puppet, but he looks washed out and sick here lol

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 So basically you’re saying it’ll take approximately 12 IRK’s to break even.

Perhaps scoring an IRK every time without having to develop ninja reflexes while assuring mediocrebot that you’re not a robot every time is the true benefit.

Can you still purchase an IRK in addition to your free one, or is that verboten?

@ciabelle I don’t believe you can buy one.

@sammydog01 Sorry so late to the thread… I have tattoos on upper back (think latissimus dorsi-ish), wrist, interior finger, and “meh” on top of my foot. Inner finger was worst - the others were no big deal.

@sammydog01 must have missed a memo.

@Barney WE NEED TO DO THIS!

@sammydog01 You’ve started drinking without me.

@Barney SURE HAVE!

@CaptAmehrican I totally understand what you’re getting at. Reputable shops are some of the cleanest places to be right now. My local shop is taking it serious with a bunch of rules. Appointments only, no friends hanging around, everyone wearing masks, etc. It’s not ideal, but, it is what it is.

@CaptAmehrican it’s relative. Places with large cities are swamped. Places with high populations are swamped. Places with idiots crowding bars and beaches and just being idiots because someone said it was ok are swamped. I would not be looking to go into any of that. Ever. But then I would never want to live in a city in the first place. Here it’s almost nothing. Obviously be proactive and I work from home so barely go out but I wouldn’t be concerned about covid over a tattoo.

But then I’ve never been into the local tattoo/piercing place up the street. Not really my thing. Last thing I would worry about was covid

@CaptAmehrican Counter-point: tattoo shops already had strict sanitation methodologies in place before the pandemic. It really isn’t a big deal for them to add a few more steps to what they already do. The tattoo artists/shops I follow on Instagram have all posted strict rules about no walk-ins/appointment only clients, must wear masks, must not bring friends, etc etc. A lot of shops have also been making + selling their own masks & sanitizer.

@metaphore I like the flask! But would people think we’re drug dealers?

@metaphore @sammydog01 or scientists?

@metaphore I’ll accept the flask.

@ChadP @metaphore I mean if you turn down a free flask… Although I guess virus.

@ChadP Any chance you have a good quality image of the flask so I don’t have to use the tshirt as a reference?

@metaphore by the t-shirt do you mean the actual shirt? The last image from it on sale looks sharp enough

@metaphore @unksol

Here ya go

Lifted from here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=flask+mercatalyst&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi-5a_8kcLqAhWIYqwKHfHoCB4Q2-cCegQIABAC&oq=flask+mercatalyst&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoHCCMQsAIQJzoFCAAQzQI6BAgeEApQg6YMWNyuDGDetgxoAHAAeACAAawBiAGoBpIBAzAuNpgBAKABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=2xUIX_6LPIjFsQXx0aPwAQ&bih=614&biw=414&client=firefox-b-1-m&prmd=isnv

@metaphore @unksol

Here is another “official flask” image: this one from Mercatalyst’s twitter account.

https://mobile.twitter.com/mercatalyst?lang=en

@f00l Thanks much!

@ChadP How about this?

@booogerbrain @ChadP nice!

@booogerbrain There always has to be an overachiever in the crowd.

Welcome to Team Meh!

@Barney @booogerbrain YAY!

@ChadP @RiotDemon Tnx heaps

@Barney I work in a rather advanced analytical laboratory. The erlenmeyer flask will hardly be noticed. And the fact that it’s broken falls into my history quite nicely. My history with glassware is… expensive.

@booogerbrain It sounds like the flask tattoo was made-to-order for you.

@Barney
Yeah, it’s pretty obvious by the picture this isn’t my first time to visit the tattoo parlor. I have several and am usually walking around with the itch to get my next one. Just waiting for the inspiration for what, where, when and how. So I was only about half following this thread and only that much due to my interest in the tattoo topic when what hits me out of the blue? The broken erlenmeyer flask! BANG Right between the eyes! And now my tattoo itch has been scratched, at least for a while.

@Barney @booogerbrain I have spent a lot of my life in a lab so the flask was definitely the one I wanted. Did you buy the matching shirt? I can’t decide if it’s cool or redundant since the same design is on my ass.

Once in college I broke a soxhlet. I think that was the most expensive glassware I broke although I’m sure there were a few erlenmeyers along the way.

@Barney @sammydog01

The glassware I usually abused was sample handling/introduction. Nebulizers for ICP and ICP/MS or cells for UV/VIS IR etc. I was a service representative doing installation and repair of analytical instruments.
If you’re referring to the black silkscreened flask on a black tee shirt then yes I have it. I don’t remember when but I got it.
The tattoo on my ass was from my time riding Submarines. We hit Hong Kong for a liberty call and I decided to commemorate the occasion with a tattoo. And since it was my first and I didn’t know how I would react and a bit of bad attitude I thought I would put it on my asscheek. That’s a whole other story for maybe another time.

@Barney @booogerbrain I meant the one that’s for sale right now.

@Barney @sammydog01
No I did not. I have recently acquired numerous t-shirts of various colors and patterns with the three little letters we all find adorable on the front, you know, meh. I must have received five or six of the future dust rags in the last month and a half. Amazing!

@sammydog01
BTW, sammydog01, what’s up with the upside down antelope? I’ve seen it attached to several names but I’ve not yet figured out their significance. Can you help a fella out?

@booogerbrain @sammydog01 it’s a goat.

Every month there is a scapegoat in the forums. When your month is up, the goat flips upside down to say that you’ve already been a goat.

That’s @OnionSoup’s fault.

@booogerbrain @sammydog01 see also:

https://meh.com/forum/topics/scapegoat-of-the-month--a-brief-history

@RiotDemon @sammydog01
Tnx heaps. And the first aid kit means @RiotDemon is a medic?

@booogerbrain I put bandages on the forum sometimes.

@booogerbrain @RiotDemon well wtf is the octopus?

@booogerbrain @Ignorant

/google what is an octopus
Octopus - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus

@booogerbrain @RiotDemon that explains it. Thanks!

@ticklescratch

@ticklescratch are we supposed to have a reason to do that?

@OnionSoup no…just a good one

@unksol if he’s allowing a flask, I’m sure irk and Glen are fine. There’s three people getting free ones right now and one has an irk.

@RiotDemon lmao I’m sure they are too. I meant more you didn’t have to go that far if just a general “meh” would suffice

@RiotDemon @unksol The original post a couple of years ago specifically asked for an IRK tattoo; I was just the only one who actually did that. The other two people who currently have tattoos got them of the Meh logo, and Chad decided to accept them, and now that I’m outnumbered I think they just decided to go with it and make that the specific request.

@RiotDemon @TheMeerkat right what you did was extra special and might be hard to explain. Just putting “meh” well. Many people feel that and would go with it these days.

Harder to explain irk. Although. If they work in anything oncall…
They should bond and make this their ring tone.
https://meh.com/404

I stop it at severs on fire there a whole lot of smoke since we don’t deal with actual 404s lol

@RiotDemon @TheMeerkat @unksol That’s my timer tone! My ringtone is the fukobukuru theme.

@RiotDemon @TheMeerkat also @ChadP I assume the original irk tatooer was already grandfathered in lol. In probably was the first time. It’s been a while

@ChadP @TheMeerkat @unksol what do you mean the original? Meerkat got theirs after it was announced for meh’s birthday.

@ChadP @RiotDemon @TheMeerkat by original I met @TheMeerkat. As I accept his word that he was first and don’t care enough to look it up but do remember seeing the thread and pics. Not really something you can make up since it’s verifiable.

I don’t remember the “prize”. Just was saying he should def get the irk for life if that wasn’t it.

@ChadP @TheMeerkat @unksol that was the prize. Chad did what this thread is. He announced that you could get lifetime irks if you got an irk tattoo. Meerkat followed through.

@ChadP @RiotDemon @TheMeerkat well I just forgot that part lol . Did enjoy seeing the art

@willdavi No, I don’t want to hurt you. Besides who will take the picture each time for your IRK? Not I!

@Barney lol.

You’re gonna make me go to the homeless people outside dollar general for a tattoo?

I’ll use a mirror and do it myself then.

@rottenkoala no.

@Star2236
Good point. I forgot about COVID-19 for a few hours. It was nice to have a braincation.

@Star2236 I don’t understand why tattoo places aren’t open. My godson is a tattoo artist and the few times I have been in his shop it has been spotless and the equipment is surgical clean. The rules of one person per artist, no groupies or friends hanging around, k95 mask for everyone involved, makes me think it would be as low risk as dentist visit.

@JnKL
Are state hasn’t passed those phases to open yet bc of how fast other states opened and their numbers skyrocketing up. Everything was put on hold and we kinda even went a step back down with bars. Apparently they classify tattoo places as non essential. We still don’t have a bunch of stuff that can open.

@JnKL @Star2236 Probably lower risk than a dentist. Looks like they reopened here in phase 1. But my state is doing OK.

@JnKL @Star2236 Your godson is lucky he even has access to K95 masks as all the non-counterfeit ones, even foreign, are in really short supply. Even the non-counterfeit ones aren’t always to spec. There is a continually updated list put out by the gov that lists which ones pass and which ones don’t. A number of Chinese ones don’t. Daily Steals had, what I thought at first, were legit ones until I compared the packaging with the manufacturer’s site. Nope. Packaging lego is different. The rest of it is copied pretty really well though. Tried to post a review about that there and they won’t post that. None of the ones on that site passed. Some are as bad as cotton ones. Guess that is why they are being sold there as they can’t be sold for medical purposes.

@willdavi

/giphy fear purple Barney

@willdavi I’ll swing by with an ice pick and bottle of ink if that works for you.

@sammydog01 @willdavi

Don’t forget!

/giphy construction nail gun

@sammydog01 sure. I need an ice pick anyways.

@sammydog01 but you’d have to meet my family who is in town and I’d avoid that at ALL COSTS. HELP

@sammydog01 do you normally close the door when you walk outta the house? My family really struggles with that and I swear to god I’m going to fucking explode if they keep doing it.

@willdavi sounds like you’re just looking for an excuse to have @barney look at your ass.

/giphy suspicious

@Barney @OnionSoup @willdavi Thank goodness she doesn’t do texting.

@OnionSoup @sammydog01 @willdavi I guess I’ll have to borrow the neighbor’s nail gun…

Thanks for the idea @f00l!

@willdavi I used a purple sharpie on my arm last time they offered this. Meh just ignored me and the agony I endured.

@Barney face tattoo. Say it’s a face tattoo.

@OnionSoup I don’t like pain.

@Barney what was the question for Chad?

@RiotDemon I, and a few others, would like to know if Meh changes the name of the IRKs to something else, will we still be able to get them for free?

@Barney answered. I gotta sleep sometime.

@ChadP Thanks! We kinda thought you had left us hanging… Chad.

@Barney

How far are you from KC?

Could you try to get @Pavlov to go to the tattoo place with you?

@f00l @Pavlov Hahahahahaha, that gave me a big giggle. I think Pavlov would be one of the last persons on this earth who I would want to see me being a wimp and also bleeding all over the place.

@Barney so, if you get a tattoo, when can I expect the purple dyed hair?

@RiotDemon

so, if you get a tattoo, when can I expect the purple dyed hair?

Puh lease… I can only handle one new life experience at a time.

@Barney @RiotDemon my girls left purple hair dye out once so I tried dying my chest hair as a laugh. My skin turned a little purple but hair didn’t.

I must have done something wrong because it didn’t really take.

@OnionSoup there’s a ton of different things that could of gone wrong. The type of dye, your hair color, not mixing it with developer, time, prep… Just to name a few.

You should try again.

@OnionSoup you have to bleach it first, unless your chest hair is blond.

@Barney

I know everyone is different but when I got my tattoo, it was a lot of black ink–it was sort of therapeutic? It stung a bit but once you get in a groove it’s oddly ok, at least it was for me.

Embrace the experience, whatever your first tattoo is!

@riskybryzness Maybe I should just take a baby step and dye my hair purple first.

@Barney Do it! Purple hair is amazing!

@Barney @riskybryzness I agree!

@Barney @riskybryzness @sammydog01 join the gang!

@Barney @RiotDemon @riskybryzness I like it! But Barney’s should be more purpler.

@Barney @RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 agree on both counts!! Maybe something like this

@Barney @RiotDemon @riskybryzness @tinamarie1974 That is stunning.

@Barney @riskybryzness @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974

I agree. I just didn’t want to try bleaching my hair at home.

@Barney @RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 I don’t blame you! The only time I tried to dye my hair (med brown) it turned out BLACK like Elvira. Tricky stuff.

You did a really good job!

That’s @OnionSoup’s fault.

@Barney @riskybryzness @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 I have this photo saved for when the bleach comes out.

@RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974
Um… I was maybe thinking of purple highlights?

(My hair is short and about 50-50 grey and brown.)

@Barney @RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 that is beautiful!!

@Barney @RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 you could try some hair chalk or temp color first to see if you like it??

@RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 Good idea! Also I have a friend who, in a former life, was a hair stylist. I should ask her for her opinion.

@Barney @RiotDemon @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 Ok hear me out here:

@RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 I like that!

Everyone thinks I’m going through a mid-life crisis. But I’ve already passed mid-life, so phooey on them.

@Barney @RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974

I hear that purple existential crises are very in fashion right now.

/giphy purple existential

@f00l @RiotDemon @riskybryzness @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 I’m just telling people that a tattoo and purple hair are on my bucket list.

@Barney @f00l @riskybryzness @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 I like the silver and lavender. You would have to bleach the brown. The natural grey might need a special dye, I’m not sure.

@Barney @f00l @RiotDemon @sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 What about a tattoo of someone with purple hair?

@Barney purple disposable face masks
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PURPLE-50-PCS-3-PLY-Disposable-Face-Mask-Non-Medical-Earloop-Mouth-Cover/324216737926?hash=item4b7cd2d086:g:sFMAAOSwlEFfBm5w

@Barney @RiotDemon I have actually dyed my hair purple three times during this quarantine. The first time didn’t work very well, the second two did, but I didn’t bleach my hair first to make it one of those beautiful purple colors, so it is dark but purple in the sun.

@Barney @melanie413 that still sounds lovely. We need more purple hair in the world. I should take some photos in the sun. I did take a photo after it had been braided all day:

@MrMark Is your trash can big enough to hold all it all?

@MrMark If you get a face tattoo, you can even transition into being a mumble rapper afterwards!

@TheMeerkat You’re one of the tattoo people, right?

@sammydog01 yes.

@TheMeerkat I should totally go look it up but which one? Are you the Irk one? I love the Irk one.

@sammydog01 I am the Irk one!

@djslack Well think about if you will still want that same tattoo in another 40 odd years when it is now faded, possibly stretched out and saggy.

@djslack You’ll probably be dead in 40 years. Go for it.

@sammydog01 That’s a very comforting (and so encouraging) thought. @djslack, go for it!

@Barney @djslack Well, it’s the reasoning I’m using.

Beep beep boop boop. (I assume if you failed CAPTCHA you now understand Robot.)

@mediocrebot

I miss Jim McKay. He could help me figure this out.

/giphy “agony of defeat”

/giphy “agony of da feet”

@f00l it’s pretty tempting isn’t it. I haven’t yet, and probably won’t… but if I happen to be near a tattoo parlor and in a particularly silly mood before end of the month, I might just do it.

I think on thigh since I can hide it there (I can’t see short-shorts ever making a real come-back for men) and that looks like one of the less painful spots.

I’ve never had the desire to get a tattoo- but if I’m going to get one, it’s going to be for a silly reason like this.

Plus the added advantage if I get “meh” on my thigh: I can put an arrow next to it pointing towards…

@OnionSoup You’d deserve 2 irks for that if you lived long enough after your spouse saw it.

@OnionSoup

I’ve never had the desire to get a tattoo

Neither have I. I have seen my tastes change too much over the years to be want to be stuck with something years later. My kid has changed her mind enough times over the tattoos she does have and then tattooed over them and that has just been in a 10 year period. Not to mention there are enough work places that require tattoos to be covered and not all can be. And for the ones on a wrist the person would have to wear long sleeves to cover them even in zillion degree heat. I also have seen too many seniors with faded, droopy tattoos with wrinkles running through them… Really unattractive. Now a temporary tattoo - maybe. As a grade schooler we thought those were cool. But nothing permanent.

And there is recent research that in some people the tattoo ink migrates to lymph nodes. The safety of that is unknown at this point in time.

@Kidsandliz yeah. I’m glad I haven’t got one so far for same reason. My tastes constantly change. I have a hard time sticking with any interest. I tend to be obsessive about a hobby or topic and learn all I can about it for a few months, and then I completely lose interest.

Didn’t know that about ink in lymph nodes although would have thought with so many people having tattoos for so long any serious issues would be known about by now. Worth looking into before I do something like this on a whim though.

@OnionSoup I am hunting for the article I read as I don’t remember the finer details of it. In the meantime, while searching, I found this that summarized that risk plus mentions some others
https://time.com/5550901/tattoos-health-risks/

And this one lists the MRI burn risk (and repeats some of the others)
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/health-and-wellness/2018/july/tattoo-health-risks

Another one summarizes what that doctor found when looking for information which includes a lot of disturbing information about ink and some other risks since this is not an FDA regulated activity:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbyw74/risks-of-getting-a-tattoo-health

Of course likely all these risk are likely pretty small, but if you are the one who end up with the problem the (group level) odds don’t matter to you as you now are in that smaller group that has an issue. Unfortunately no way to know in advance which group you will be in.

@Kidsandliz interesting. Yeah, I had no idea the inks weren’t regulated and most had so many heavy metals. Sounds like some inks are probably perfectly safe (black from carbon) but others are questionable, and they are not required to list ingredients. (And even if they do often ingredients don’t match what is actually in the ink).

I tend to think it’s unlikely to be a problem for most people, especially getting a small one, but it does push me more towards “don’t get one” than I was.

@Kidsandliz @OnionSoup the best thing is to go to a reputable tattoo shop. They usually use ink brands that have been around a long time.

My ex had a lot of tattoos. No issue with MRI.

@OnionSoup @RiotDemon Glad your ex had no problems. It sounds like most won’t have any of these problems. And many people go through life never (fortunately) needing an MRI either.

The catch is that with statistics it is group level “odds” and at the individual level we either have the problem or we don’t. And we can’t tell in advance which group we will be in. I have been in the “wrong” group enough times (for example getting breast cancer on both sides happens in less than 10% of the cases, some research says less than 7% so I gambled I wouldn’t, made some irrevocable choices based on that gamble, and lost that gamble) that it makes me hesitant to take the chance (when it involves health) when it involves a choice about something that isn’t necessary (eg falls under the “want” category and not the “need” category).

Each to their own though. Not trying to tell people what to do or not do. My kid has tattoos. Multiple. I am though a firm believer in understanding the risks, pros and cons, etc. of doing something prior to leaping. That is the motivation for me making any post at all in this thread since I have no intention of ever getting a tattoo (and that includes breast reconstruction nipple tattoos), irk or no irk. To me the risks are preventable not to mention in many cases I don’t like how tattoos look, let alone when they have faded, stretched out, lines become blurred… Don’t want permanent art work on me, even if I like the looks of it (for example that cat example put above is really nice and whoever did that is a skilled artist), I’d rather have the art work on the wall. But again, that is just my choice. Others can make their own choices. Their bodies, their choices, their right. Not my business.

@Kidsandliz @RiotDemon well other than, don’t get one done in a tourist town, I wouldn’t know the best way to pick one for best safety. Places like Yelp and Google reviews would say if people enjoyed their tattoo, but I doubt they would give much insight on quality of ink used.

If I did get one, the place in mind would probably be the one near my house. It’s a clean nicely up kept looking place on a decent side of town. Now that doesn’t mean their inks are non metal based or aren’t a concoction of plutonium…

It looks reputable. I assume it’s reputable but I don’t really know. One thing that really wouldn’t matter would be the ability of the artist. If the tattoo ended up looking terrible or they misspelled meh, that would probably be more amusing than anything given the reason I was getting it.

@djslack

You can “meta-brand”, or you can brand META

Ouchie tho.

@djslack @f00l How about a meh-ta brand?

@gr8mick1 as far as I can tell, on the date of the irk people take a photo of their tattoo along with irrefutable proof of that date. And they ping @ChadP in that post. Am I missing anything?

@ChadP @gr8mick1 @Kidsandliz it has to be tattooed and proven by August 1st. You up for that?

@gr8mick1 You gotta get that tattoo and send proof before the 1st. Then, when we offer Irks for sale, you have send proof from that day that it’s still there.

@aelisrose yes, it’s still valid if they change the name.

@aelisrose Big enough to see and recognize. Today’s newspaper. Is that still a thing?
There are plenty of ways to prove it.

@ChadP I’m sure I could scrounge up a paper at one of those Olde Tyme Photo Booths. Get my picture taken as a saloon wench while I’m at it.

Any meh-related image we want? Do you have a suggestion list?

@sammydog01

/giphy third most tattooed

@ruthersby That’s why I’m not asking.

@ruthersby @sammydog01 OMG IM TELLING!!!

@ruthersby Your husband’s comment makes sense to me and I would feel the same way if I had a spouse or a kid of who mine did that.

To me I think it is unethical for a company to encourage people to do something permanent, that for some will have medical risks, just to get free stuff. Temporary stuff, doing stupid things that are safe to get free stuff - no issue. Doing something like this - I have a problem with that.

@Kidsandliz people get tattoos all the time for stupid reasons. If they are having fun, I’d let it go.

@Kidsandliz @RiotDemon Gee, Meh is treating us like adults and letting us make our own decisions about our bodies. GET THE PITCHFORKS!

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 I am allowed to have my opinion even if it doesn’t agree with yours. And I have already made it very clear people can make their own choices - their body their choice. I haven’t stopped my kid from getting them. Same reasoning.

@Kidsandliz I think we get the message. We’ve heard you over and over and over again.

@Barney Why make rude comments? I was done posting about my opinion. You have posted far more on this thread than I have being pro tattoos. Just because I wasn’t supporting your point of view doesn’t give a pass for being nasty. Unlike the two of you, I wasn’t judging anyone.

@Kidsandliz

@Kidsandliz @RiotDemon oh, I don’t think there is anything wrong with meh putting this up as an option. Yeah there are risks and people should do research to see if really worth it to them, but tattoos aren’t particularly rare these days. The topic they’re asking us to get may be unusual but the tattoo itself not so much.

I think I read that 50% of adults under 30 either have a tattoo or say they will likely get one. People are obviously taking the risk for other reasons. Is free stuff really all that worse a reason?

I’d say though, in these uncertain times no one should really be doing this for free stuff alone. It will take a long time to pay for itself and as much as I’d love meh to last forever… You never know (I think I read on an article regarding pasta drop that they already laid people off this year).

You better like the tattoo for the novelty and talking point it creates if you get one. Having meh tattooed on your body will certainly be a talking point with people that see it.

@Barney You are just so sweet. I am sure all the male cats fall all over you.

@Kidsandliz @OnionSoup @RiotDemon The final step in breast reconstruction after a mastectomy is getting a nipple tattoo. That’s what plastic surgeons recommend. And that’s in an area that might possible need an MRI later and in a place with possibly damaged lymph nodes. No way would they do that if it wasn’t safe. So yeah, once in a while stuff goes wrong. That’s life.

@Kidsandliz said to @Barney:

You are just so sweet. I am sure all the male cats fall all over you.

I thought you objected on principle to rude comments?

(Never mind that sometimes a bit of rudeness can be justified, if things can’t be fixed in another way.)

And some of the informational stuff you gave about tattoo risks was fine;
but then you went on and on and on about it in numerous posts, and at the end you started sounding pretty prissy and resentful.

It’s always good to pay attention to the tone you convey.

@Kidsandliz @RiotDemon @sammydog01 now I want a nipple tattoo… On my thigh next to the word “meh”. Being serious, I think that’s a case of, you need to get a good artist to do that to make it look good.

Regarding safety. It certainly does look like some inks are safer than others and it’s not always easy to tell, I would expect a plastic surgeon to know which inks are safest and not contain heavy metals and where to get them. It looks like natural pigments and safe pigments exist but they may not be as vibrant.

Granted a small “meh” tattoo probably won’t be putting much metal in your body anyway.

@RiotDemon, have you ever requested specific ink.when getting a tattoo is that an option or do tattoo places have their ink and you go to their place that’s what you get?

@OnionSoup @RiotDemon @sammydog01 That is correct - getting it done as part of the reconstruction although many opt out of that, as I have. But there are some other differences. For nipple tattooing they don’t use metallic ink (it’s the metallic part that is the problem in an MRI), nor do they use black ink (which is one of the ink colors that causes the most problems) when they do. When you add to it that the general market tattoo ink often doesn’t list what is in it or the list in inaccurate that makes it hard to avoid some kinds of ink if you wanted to.

There is only a limited universe of inks approved for medically licensed tattoo people to use. As a result we are really talking about 2 different situations. In the medical field they use vegetable based ink which isn’t as concentrated, the particles are smaller, and the tattoo loses color faster. Regular tattoo ink has larger particles and they are metal based. The colors are deeper and brighter and retained by the skin better than the vegetable based ones. Incidentally the FDA doesn’t regulate tattoo ink. So me finishing the reconstruction and someone getting a “regular” tattoo isn’t as comparable as one might think.

@Barney @f00l My tone was in response to the snark aimed at me in the first place. I am done ignoring it. Be sure to preach to the ones who started it initially on this thread too…

@OnionSoup no. I never requested anything specifically. I went to a tattoo artist because of word of mouth. I trusted my artist enough to use inks that they trusted.

I’ve never heard of anyone personally that had issues with ink. Most tattoo fails I’ve seen are because of shitty tattooing, shitty placement, shitty drawings.

@Kidsandliz

You often appear to have little sense of social discourse and tone, or how to participate in a non-repetitive, non-manipulative manner.

None of my biz, but I’d get that checked out if I were you.

And …

You are so often very manipulative, by endlessly presenting and detailing your marvelous “generosity and frugality virtues”.

So very often your conduct strongly resembles that if what might be called a “apparently friendly predator”. In fact, so often, you conduct appears .identical to that of a social/financial predator.

And you know what?

people can actually volunteer without bragging about it constantly or detailing it everywhere.

People can be generous and not talk/brag about it endlessly.

People can be frugal and not offer up every detail of their wondrous frugality.

You’re almost certainly not the poorest person who frequents the site. While I don’t know your medical details, you might well not be the sickest.

In fact, I have some idea that there might be a person or persons who are actually both poorer than you, are able to afford less pleasant living conditions, are are quite possibly have as many very serious medical issues as you do. (IE all treatments and lifestyle modifications used up or not very effective; very expensive situation; will die years or decades early due to these issues)

I might know a little about these persons’ circumstances not thru private communication on this site, but rather because those persons and I might have some social connections out in the real world. They don’t talk about this stuff or only lightly and rarely do so in public.

They don’t endlessly self-advertise their woes I know what I know because I know fam/friends.

They’re not trying to set the stage for the next fund-raiser from relative strangers down the road.

They don’t seem have an prepared, often spurious and indefensible, football-stadium-sized, sets of excuses and justifications just ready and waiting to go for any circumstance; all wrapped up pretty with a bow.

They work hard (as I suspect you do)

But they also don’t Whine Hard.
That’s your speciality.

And they work to better their lives however they can. And they are kind and thoughtful and generous and frugal. And non-braggy.

And they don’t talk about how they really wanna avoid bankruptcy, so therefore it’s somehow magically ok to repeatedly use sob stores to raise money from people in the internet,
when those relative strangers cant possibly know their character;
but who are are lucky chosen ones who get to pay their bills so that they can avoid bankruptcy.

and they don’t raise money and the fail to answer and document a bunch of obvious and necessary questions about how justified that is.

I know - we all know - that you’ve earned some notable wins, and also gotten some awful curve balls, in your life.

That’s not an excuse for acting exactly like a manipulator, and then, cleverly trying to disguise it with and way way excessive constant virtue-signaling and niceness.

What? Trying to do a bit of “grooming” of your audience for your next $ go-round? Or just that insecure? Or both?

You also appear to have made some questionable life decisions, and to still be standing firm on those decisions, and you have all these reasons as to why you can’t do what everyone else I have ever known and respected would do without complaint or excuse, if they faced similar terrible stresses.

I wanted to take you at face value.
For a long time, when you behaved badly in subtle ways here (very frequent), I made excuses for you in my own head. I helped enable you.
So fuck me. I fell for it.

No, I don’t think you are the worse person who ever lived or whatever. I do think that you have enormous social and ethical blind spots, and you seem to be willing to defend those until the end of time.

I’m quite sorry you have these serious medical and personal issues beyond your control.
I’m also sad that I can’t justify taking you at face value and making excuses for you anymore.

I’m quite sorry that you seem to think you are perfectly and totally justified in the way you behave. You’re not.

I didn’t get my opinions from anyone else here. I got them because your conduct trouble me so much, more and more over time; and finally re-reading a number of your posts from various years, and topics in which you are active,

And thinking

Of the 100 or 500 or 1000 (or more) people I have known best and respected best in my life: (these are from all walks of life, all levels of edu and career achievement, diverse across the usual various spectrums of society, politics, demographics, beliefs (they have in common that they are awesome tho)

If any of those people had your problems, would they behave as you do?
No

Would they find your conduct and attitudes justifiable?
No they’d find it manipulative and possibly somewhat creepy and definitely not how someone who has the attitudes of a full adult deals with things

Would they think that the way you conduct yourself, and your expressed attitudes about that, are ok?
No. They’d be appalled, over time, as they saw it all repeated. .

There is, or could be, much to like about you. If you’d give up some of the subtle but troubling attitudes and practices.

I do wish you well.
Esp so long as you don’t act manipulatively, or raise $, here.
But I wish you will even if you continue as you are going.

This is not a matter of “we disagree” or whatever.
But try to make it that if you must.

Well, you wanted me to take things up with the person who started all this.

So I just did.

POKER! JOKER! NOT MEDIOCRE! AWESOME!

@f00l Yeah whatever. Someone else posted recently about your posts, their tone and content. Might want to go back and read that. Apparently their point of reference was also woot, but I don’t read that forum. It is pretty reliable that you, barney, sammydog and therealjrn are up for attacking me, even in threads I am not posting in, liking each other’s posts that do that, etc. Practice will eventually make perfect.

@Kidsandliz

Go ahead with this if that’s your thing.

And above all don’t even look in a mirror.

Of course it’s not you, it’s us. Right?

/whatever.

I’d actually like to be able to respect your conduct. Wish I could.

@f00l
/ shrug

@Skylord123 you need separate accounts. I’ll check on the address situation.

Are you getting matching ones?

@Skylord123 ok, checked with ChadP. As long as you have separate accounts, you’re cool.

@RiotDemon now that i know its possible we will have to think about it. Matching would be cool.

So far considering the underside of my wrist or a finger.

@Skylord123 fingers do not last. Sometimes they’ll disappear in almost a few months.

@Skylord123

@RiotDemon @Skylord123

So those people who get tattooed wedding rings on the left hand 4th finger have to either let the tattoos fade, or else renew the tattoos?

I know that Howard Stern said he got one of these tattoos when he and Beth Ostrosky married. The marriage seems to be going strong, as far as the public knows. Hope the tattoo is also.

@f00l @Skylord123 not all tattoos on fingers fade as badly. Basically if a tattoo is on a place that moves a lot, they tend to fade way faster. Elbows, knees, sides of feet, etc. Not everyone is the same, and it depends on the artist as well… But it’s pretty universal that fingers don’t last.

I’ve seen ring tattoos where the top part is pretty visible, but the sides of the finger are gone.

@f00l @RiotDemon @Skylord123 It depends on if you wash your hands. (just kidding- please wash your hands.)

@f00l @sammydog01 @Skylord123 you know, that’s a really good point. you have to wash your hands a lot right now so I definitely wouldn’t get anything on my hands.

@f00l @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I decided I want to get the flask as it also encompasses what I love to do. I still haven’t decided where to put it yet though (I’m being really indecisive about it).

I’ve always washed my hands a lot (It’s pretty gross how many people go into public restrooms and don’t wash their hands) and I am on the computer for 10+ hours a day for work so yeah I don’t think a finger tattoo will last very long haha… Maybe a leg tattoo? Gah, can’t decide…

@f00l @RiotDemon @Skylord123 I have a tattoo in lieu of a wedding ring. Initial on top of the left ring finger, not really faded at all after 8.5 years.

@Noddy93

Hey @ChadP

Are there any provisions for a time extension getting a tattoo, if one lives in a state or city where the population amd all the tattoo places are all under lockdown?

Or is that potential “covid-captcha tattoo prevention” just part of the excellent customer-frustration-annoyance-index experience at Meh?

/giphy tip of the hat

As a fellow robot, I understand your pain.

@Noddy93 im with you on this… my dad who I see often had 2 liver transplants and has no immune system as a result. Don’t want to risk getting the Rona transferred to him.

@DontAskDrD you joined two days ago but you are already thinking of a meh tattoo?

/giphy madlad

@sammydog01 looks good! Congrats

@tinamarie1974 I’m kinda excited about it. Rebel without a clue.

@sammydog01 @tinamarie1974 now you need to contort yourself to hold a piece of paper with today’s date on it next to it, lol

Congrats on your first!

@sammydog01 I think it is great. I am far too chicken to go through with it.

@RiotDemon Can I use a felt tip marker to write it on? Maybe I need to figure out a mirror. I bought an irk so I don’t think I get another one this time. BUT I HAVE A TATTOO!

@sammydog01 so how was the experience?

@RiotDemon I went to the place that a friend recommended and they were super nice but required appointments by email with a particular artist. Then the guy called their sister site and they had an opening for a short tattoo. Everyone was really nice! The guy at the second shop made a joke about me being mistaken for a motorcycle gang member. I guess you don’t do tattoos unless you’re a people person.

It hurt a bit but only took a few minutes. I asked for gray and he said it would fade faster than black. That’s OK. He asked if the design had a special meaning. I’m a chemist sounded better than it’s a corporate logo so I went with that. It’s a twofer!

@sammydog01 most tattoo artists are pretty cool. My current one, I brought headphones just in case but we ended up shooting the shit the entire time, both sessions.

Sammy, in a gang, hah!

@ChadP CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. If you don’t hear from me I’m on the floor with my back thrown out.

@ChadP

@sammydog01 I left a present for you on your orders page.

@ChadP Thanks!

@ChadP @sammydog01

Sammy, wow!

How long did it take?

@ChadP @f00l Once they got started just a few minutes.

@ChadP @sammydog01

Cost?

@ChadP @sammydog01

/giphy criminal gang

That’s right. We all know that doing chemistry at MIT is entering a career funnel to being a Mafia boss.

@ChadP @sammydog01 Sweet - the international symbol for meth cooker!

@ChadP @cinoclav I prefer the term “chemist”.

@ChadP @sammydog01 We’ll see what the cops put down.

@sammydog01 you cray-cray and that’s why we all love you

@sammydog01 OMG I CANT BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY GOT ONE!!!

@scilynt BTW, I’ve actually been pretty lucky as far as IRKs lately, so my “corporate sellout” reasoning should be that much more impressive . CA people, wear your damn masks so we can get over this shutdown in time!

@scilynt I vote prison tattoo if you are keeping a tally.

@Ignorant @scilynt

@mossygreen @scilynt not sure John Doe is taking appointments, probably gonna have to be a real prison tattoo.

@Ignorant @scilynt BUT I ONLY WANT ONE IF I CAN GET IT FROM 1980 JOHN DOE.

Actually, I work with a girl who says her father might get her a tattoo gun so she can give him prison-style tattoos. Of course, I have psoriasis, so I probably shouldn’t get one from her if it happens, also it would break my mother’s heart and mean I couldn’t be buried in a Jewish cemetery.

@Ignorant @mossygreen @scilynt that is only a problem IF you are Jewish

@msklzannie that actually isn’t true (at least according to the blood drive bus that came to my Wal-Mart) I asked the last time I donated blood. I can’t remember exactly what she told me but it wasn’t a year anymore, I think maybe a month.

@melanie413 @msklzannie

https://redcrosschat.org/2017/07/16/red-cross-myth-busters-tattoos-and-blood-donation/

In most states, you may be eligible to give blood immediately after getting ink as long as the tattoo was applied by a state-regulated entity using sterile needles and ink that is not reused.

If your tattoo was applied in one of the 11 states that do not regulate tattoo facilities, you must wait 3 months before donating blood.

@Ignorant @msklzannie thanks!

@thebumm so far we have Irk, two meh logos, and a flask.

What were you thinking of?

@RiotDemon I meant three personal ones I can add a Meh one to, if that wasn’t clear. I’ll have to look at these. Flask ain’t bad.

@thebumm I meant what were you thinking of meh wise. I’m not sure why no one wants a tattoo of Glen.

@RiotDemon Maybe someone should get Hyram?

@brainmist What a pallet of broken TV’s or peanut butter knives won’t be good enough?

@ecanada let’s tag @chadp and ask.

@ecanada as long as you can prove it is there on Irk days.

@djslack I stole the idea from someone else.

@djslack Yay! We should form a bowling team or something.

@djslack can I color it in with sharpie when it heals?

@RiotDemon lol! I guess that’s a festive idea to decorate it for various occasions. If you are ever within sharpie range, why not?

I don’t know how much under the shop minimum I was with this. I started to ask about getting some uv reactive fluid done in the flask but didn’t because a) the artist snuck me in about 30 minutes before an appointment, she only had a spot because someone cancelled, and b) I thought it’s not really often I’m under a blacklight anymore, and even rarer I would be in a blacklight and not have my shirt on.

@djslack ugh! That would of been really cool! It would have to be leaking out the crack though, perhaps.

@djslack heh. I busted out my black light because I had forgotten one of my tattoos is partially reactive. It wasn’t intentional, it just happened to be the color he used… Now I’m tempted to add some reactive pigments to my space kitties tattoo. The stars would be cool.

@djslack here’s a really crappy close up of part of it.

@djslack @RiotDemon I will definitely be coloring mine in with sharpie next time they sell an Irk. Thanks for the idea!

@djslack @sammydog01 good luck trying to reach.